(update)Ideal babies here! *pics*

[Ducklove334]

did everyone get thier bebes??? lol

 

[Lorettawyandotte]

I got my babies from Ideal yesterday at 7 a.m. All but one made the trip...one of the packing p-nuts was doa...everyone else is up and running this a.m....boy did they empty the feeders last night!
I have:

5 javas
5 columbian wyandottes
5 buff leghorns
5 buff catalanas
5 wf black spanish
2 red cochins
2 gl cochins
5 packing p-nuts

they are all lively and healthy and adorable...will get pics later today.

 

[verlaj]

I'm so jealous of all of you with your chicks! I ordered from Ideal this year in early February - first time going with mail order. I wanted to try breeds my feed store doesn't order. My order is supposed to ship May 6; 5 pullets each of Barnevelders, Welsummers, Columbian Wyandottes, Partridge Rocks, Speckled Sussex, and "Ameracaunas." I am glad to see all the successful deliveries after all the sad posts about dead chicks arriving in the mail.

When mine come, I will try to post photos of the chicks, but also later post photos of the adults and their eggs so everyone can evaluate the quality for themselves. I have a hard time knowing what people's standards are when they criticize the quality of hatchery birds.

Most of the birds I have now were from Mt Healthy, because my feed store orders from them. I think they are lovely - GLWs, Black Australorps, and Buff Orpintons.

Hope I am as pleased with the Ideal hens.